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Company byte: Western Digital Corporation

Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Western Digital (NYSE:WDC) is one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers in the world. WD was founded in 1970 by a former Motorola employee.

Western Digital CorporationWestern Digital provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users’ data accessible and secure from loss.

Its technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and home entertainment products.

The company’s storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital and WD brand names.

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Company byte: Seagate Technology

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

NASDAQ-listed Seagate Technology (STX) is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hard disk drives. It is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland but its principal executive offices are located in Scotts Valley, California in the United States.

Seagate is a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions.Seagate was originally incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology. It is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of hard disk drives and storage solutions.

In fiscal 2011, the company had a revenue of $11 billion, net income of $0.5 billion and shipped 199 million units (approximate data from Seagate’s website).

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Company byte: Kroll Ontrack

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Kroll Ontrack provides technology-driven services and software to help legal, corporate and government entities as well as consumers manage, recover, search, analyze, produce and present data efficiently and cost-effectively.

“Kroll Ontrack has become a leading provider of legal technologies, with operations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. It has patented technologies and capabilities in recovering seemingly deleted files, including internet-based information cleared from the cache.” – WikipediaIn addition to its suite of software, Kroll Ontrack provides data recovery, data destruction, paper and electronic discovery, document review, computer forensics and ESI consulting.

Kroll Ontrack is the technology services division of Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting company. Kroll is a subsidiary of Altegrity, an industry-leading provider of information solutions.

Companies or individuals can contact Kroll Ontrack for free consultation on the best way to erase data from all types of media. Those in Singapore can call (+65) 6296 5131 or visit their website here. Kroll Ontrack provides several options for data erasure such as Ontrack Eraser Software and Ontrack Eraser Degausser. Both solutions set out to data in a fast, secure and user-friendly way.

Company byte: Porsche Design

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Porsche Design is a luxury brand with a special focus on products that are technically inspired. The brand Porsche Design was founded in 1972 in Stuttgart-Germany by Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, designer of the Porsche 911 sports car.

Porsche Design is a luxury brand with a special focus on products that are technically inspiredThe product portfolio includes watches, sunglasses, luggage, electronic products, a line of fragrances for men as well as a sport and fashion collection.

Product portfolio includes the P'9981 smartphone, watches, sunglasses, luggage, electronic products, a line of fragrances for men as well as a sport and fashion collection(Update: Porsche Design has launched the P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry.)

Porsche Design products try to embody functionality, timelessness and purist design. They impress by the technical innovations they incorporate.

All products of the brand are designed at the Porsche Design Studio in Zell am See, Austria, and are sold worldwide in the brand’s own stores, in franchise stores, shop-in-shops, quality department stores and exclusive retailers.

Company byte: Research In Motion

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Research In Motion Limited (RIM) is a Canadian multinational  telecommunications company that makes the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer, as well as BlackBerry smartphones.

Update (30 January, 2013):

Along with the launch of the new BlackBerry 10 platform, President & CEO Thorsten Heins has announced that the company will change its name from Research In Motion to BlackBerry.

Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones and the PlayBook tabletRIM was founded in 1984 by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie.

The company designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. The introduction of the BlackBerry solution in 1999 provides platforms and solutions for access to information, including e-mail, voice, instant messaging, short message service (SMS), Internet and intranet-based applications and browsing.

Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario in Canada, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM).

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Company byte: CA Technologies

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud.

CA Technologies is an IT management software and solutions company.CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies’ products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility.

The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems.

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Company byte: Leica Camera

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Leica Camera is a German optics company that has a long heritage of over 162 years in quality German engineering. Leica makes cameras, high quality lenses and sport optic tools.

Leica Camera AGThe company has been in the forefront of photojournalism and related activities – having been bestowed the Oskar Barnack Award for high quality reportage photography.

Leica Camera has presented photographs taken by international photographers through its galleries offering access to life’s hidden stories.

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Company byte: Nokia

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products are used by more than 1.3 billion people around the world.

Nokia Corporation, global leader in mobile communicationsNokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation with 132,000 employees in 120 countries and sales in more than 150 countries.

Nokia Corporation, global leader in mobile communications

Nokia Corporation, global leader in mobile communications

First established as a ground wood pulp mill in 1865, Nokia only produced its first electronic device in 1962 – a pulse analyser for nuclear power plants.

Since 1998, it has been the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones.

In 2010, it had a global annual revenue of over 42 billion Euros and operating profit of 2 billion Euros.

Information extracted from Wikipedia.